All of this reminds me of a quote by Michael Corleone in The Godfather: Never be embarrassed by your wealth. tech stack used, programming language, technology etc. I think it's true that the different engineering roles do similar work but the SDEs are paid better. If you leave the company for less than 6 months and your position hasn't been filled in the meantime, the hiring manager is able to extend an offer without sending you through an interview loop, you'll get your old job back but with a nice pile of money on top. An Amazon Delivery Partner in your area makes on average $65,387 per year, or $1,513 (2%) more than the national average annual salary of $63,874. I find tying my income to stock highly motivating :), Maybe in a small company, where your efforts can have a direct, meaningful impact on the company's net worth. A voice actor records the narration for the book. Position: SysDE 2 in AWS I was one of those juniors < 5 years ago and I've increased my salary > 100%. Amazon's compensation model leans heavily on stock and tops out in the mid 100Ks for all job levels. If you don't mind my asking, when people want to do their own reading and are willing to get training, how are they trained? I found that my salary at Amazon was always far too low given what I did, and my job titles were not at all representative of the job I actually did (for the 2nd and 3rd jobs they were almost entirely software engineering jobs.). Without at-will employment, do employees become slaves that cannot quit their job? The recruiter says the total compensation package is better than people. Google does not care about this for entry level engineering positions. And yes, the office was exacly in front of the Kilmainham Gaol, unfortunately the office was quite depressing, so much so that it was an inside joke that the Amazon office was 21st century Gaol. >>Only on HN are these incredible compensation packages considered "underpaid". A free inside look at Amazon salary trends based on 71137 salaries wages for 6601 jobs at Amazon. I guess I need to hang around more coffee shops. You can, of course, not turn up to work. It's pretty interesting that so much of your compensation is in stock. Apply online. I'm not in a major tech hub. I could not rationalize working 10 to 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, trying to teach, conduct research, scramble for funding, participate in department politics just to attain tenured position at an R1 school while making barely 75K starting. So most Norwegian developers would be unable to apply for e.g. I love how curious folks are here about audiobook production! Otherwise, its a fair concession on Amazon's part. Or do they read through the book naturally and switch voices? Unless you do spectacularly poorly, you can expect that to continue. France has a dearth of innovative small companies for this reason because you can't hire aggressively to try to get risky ideas to market. People are much more aware of Amazon's "peculiar ways" thanks to the media. I, for one, have also found it to be very true, and I think most people would agree (insofar as it seems to be a bit of a meme). You just need to find a company that values you and your work. Its the RSUs that make all the difference. Most of the time, when your employer truly thinks that about you, they'll work on your improvement informally. 4 years is a long time to be at Amazon (though if you're the right mix of "in-it-to-win-it" and "workaholic" you might thrive there). This package would be underpaid for pretty much any pure tech company on a coast. Good ones do long term consulting, and get closer to the 200k range. "Underpaid" and "overpaid" are relative terms. Careful, they can fire you for NO reason, but they can't fire you for ANY reason. Internal candidates have NO leverage. If you don't have a referral, don't wait around trying to find one. The issue is not on-boarding costs. What kind of background check does Amazon.com do and how l…. Been at Amazon 18 months. Base pay (9 month) $72,000 in 2013, increased to about $75,000 in 2016. "not as much EC2 work" is definitely not accurate. Most jobs on the market are quite dull and involve enterprisey and/or legacy things. Thank you all for your help. Those companies usually start fresh out of college developers with a base pay a bit over $100k, then bonuses, stock awards, etc. I can't find the specific case at the moment, but there was a case where workers who were striking had printed up a leaflet with a bunch of salary information and distributed it to other workers and general public. ... SVP of Amazon Web Services, Andrew Jassy: Salary: $160,000 - Total compensation: $7,664,868. There might be some small benefits for workers, but, on the whole, it is terrible for them. If those services cannot be replaced with $X then that's really the company's problem for taking advantage of the worker. I've thought about this too, but I'm not sure I've got the patience to listen to articles read in TTS voice. - Salary: $96k base, $20k bonus, relocation, ~160 stock over 4 years. Good wage, yes. As a lowly employee, your only hope would be if some national labor union or pro bono legal institute took on your case, otherwise you'd never be able to afford the legal costs to defend your NLRB collective bargaining rights. The annual and midyear review process takes this into account and attempts equalize total compensation depending on the value of the stock (basically, you want the stock to be down when the price is used to calculate your total comp at the end of January). Location: Seattle. I've gotten multiple 15-20% raises, and even 30% bonuses without having to jump ship. I've never been clear about the google hiring process and I've always heard mixed things from people who went through it. Maybe time to think about moving to a coast too. The other is that you're not allowed to peer bonus someone who peer bonused you [in the same quarter], for obvious reasons. Otherwise, you have to vest that over several years, severely reducing your annual. The median compensation package totals $193k. "Thank you for all your hard work. I work for the European branch of a relatively small American company, which is how I've come to know all this. Obviously it can back-fire on the company. I would say at the vast majority of companies you will not see nearly the same raise as either presenting a compelling outside offer, or actually taking an outside offer. The average Amazon.com monthly salary ranges from approximately ₹ 15,000 per month for Developer to ₹ 32,313 per month for Software Engineer. I suspect that internal candidates have less leverage in pay negotiations than do external hires. Salary information comes from 1,179,464 data points collected directly from employees, users, … The average Amazon.com salary ranges from approximately $29,653 per year for Team Leader to $245,145 per year for Managing Consultant. are just savings for house, retirement, toys, college, etc. What questions did they ask during your interview at Amazon.com? Software Engineer. 800 RSUs vested equally over 4 years (200/year) >>But—adding X market value for equity vesting over Y years with 40% capital gains tax for the first 12 months of holding it leads to a 2016 pay of.... just your salary. It is less relevant in high-paid positions where employees generally have the ability to put aside more of a cushion, but for lower paid employees it can be dramatic. Yes, we hire new grads, and we offer internships for those who are still studying. Not true, I pointed it out to my employer and they were like "oh dang, can't loose you, you get that raise" Yes, back when I graduated (with a prior internship at a big tech company) my amazon offer was over 100k, similar sign-on bonus, 150k stock. It kinda made me not want to work at Amazon ever. I got my education in audio engineering at a leading music conservatory, so moving into audiobook editing was a pretty easy sell for me. Well, in the process of going through the PIP and asking myself how I let things get to that point, I realized that I was quite capable of excelling at everything I was supposed to be doing, but I just didn't give a shit anymore. I think the industry still has a lot of managers who think in terms of running a shoe store with employees that are improving themselves at a rapid pace. Pretty much my experience too. 15% bonus ~ $30k/year Oh, and you get equity every else in addition to that nice pay, and they don't strap your pager to your face. I've always wondered how they do the recording for that. However, I know of one or two people who were hired into the same role from outside the company who apparently started at $70K+. Norway is standard 3 months notice. Later, I got to witness Audible's rise into the mainstream and evangelized producing audiobooks for ACX [1], bringing it to a new generation of actors and engineers. Thanks for sharing. I would think that the latter would be very difficult. People in Seattle have far, far more options these days. I think it's in Amazon's and the employees' best interest for this stuff to be transparent. Ph.D plus 5 years post-doc (at Princeton.). The overall median base salary for Amazon Software Engineers is about $145,000 a year. Job level: 6 The PIP is the last available tool to get them back up to speed. Agreed, that's way under market. Learn More. I was offered: €25000. It's not like that has stopped companies from firing people in the past. Yep, if it's technical work that requires a large amount of learning and investment in employees, the company will typically move mountains to keep you if you are good. Not SWE is the catch. The way it was unofficially explained to me by a low-level buddy in HR is that there are salary ranges for each corporate level, and during a promotion you get just over the lower bound of the salary range for your new corp level, that's the policy, that's what happens. We quit on good terms: they "hired" me back to consult on some problems that came up after I left; I helped someone transition into my old position and I have a job better suited to my personality. It's nowhere nearly that simple; you can say exactly the same thing about firing someone because they're black, or because they complained about sexual harassment. In the real world (outside FaceGoogAmaWallstreet), the story for developers is quite different. Also, was your 7 years of experience before you got the Google offer? Well you know how that goes. Then, using the Amazon Flex app, navigate to each destination, deliver the package that corresponds with that address, and deliver smiles wherever you go. In general: - Notices are typically 4 weeks for non-management positions and 6 weeks for management positions. > That's leaving aside entirely the issue of how at will employment gives companies confidence to hire since they know they can shed employees if things go south. Though even Microsoft in Seattle pays $100k (source: former roommate). 2.08 & 1/3rd every month thereafter (75% vested equally over the next 36 months). Seattle Googler here (throwaway account). Hey, I loved your team, it just was not meant to be! I had very good managers.It was the best time of my professional life. To be clear—I'm not arguing anything but that other companies will use you a little more compassionately, and you might make a little more cash in the meantime. Furthermore, there are other grants that vest quarterly for the first 18 months of employment (in addition to the normal 4 year). If you're an executive pulling in over $500k, sure stock should absolutely be compensation and motivation. It’s simple: You use your own vehicle to deliver packages for Amazon as a way of earning extra money to move you closer to your goals. * Employee does not necessarily prove those claims; they need only demonstrate sufficient facts and allegations to ensure that a lawsuit would not easily be dismissed. Here’s what total compensation looks like when broken out by level. In summary: about $200k total comp first two years, from then on variable based on stock. A company does not have to give reason to fire in an at-will state. lets say they were dismissed after a violent attack on another employee or after being found stealing secrets fro the employers). That's why I look at it now as a system that just needs the outside data point in order to properly process the request. Turns it into the closest parallel to the cool kids table that used to exist in highschool that I've seen in the decades since then. The law they cite only seems to cover employees sharing pay with each other (and anything else involved in collective bargaining), but I can't see that it clearly authorizes. What year was this offer given to you? He is, after all, a somewhat well-known public figure and paid public speaker. Simple question on a similar topic: how "real-time" is the source audio that you work with? Speaking as someone who just finished a 2-year rotation through Cape Town as an SDE - massive, core parts of EC2 are still there and aren't going anywhere. I never explicitly threatened to walk out, but i did point out when i was substantially below market rate, and that was enough. We have principal engineers, but not a lot of them. are: * I can't just walk out on a job, I have to give a 4-week notice (for any reason, though. Signing bonus $50k year 1, $40k year 2. While traveling the world, I feel in love with Cape Town so much, that I decided to apply for a job at Amazon since their recruiters were constantly emailing me anyways. If you're rank and file and need $120k/yr to even afford to live, have kids, save for retirement, etc. Once the economy recovered in 2003/2004-ish we eventually started hiring SEIIIs at >$120k starting salary. So, to put things in perspective, Google TechLevel-5, which is "Senior Software Engineer" which is basically 1 level above Amazon's "SDE III" position. If you're being super pedantic, sure, but... as far as the typical developer/employee is concerned, it's not relevant. Period. Also the air gets pretty thin in germany when you actually want to do technically interesting and challenging things. Looking back I think MLBAM was the most solid employer I'd ever worked for. Wow, nice. Furthermore, it assumes you'll be at the company for the entire vesting period. Honestly, though, it was a great job. My opinion only, but if I had to bring an outside offer to get an inside raise, I'd take the offer. LY Review Score: Exceeds Select your job title and find out how much you could make at Amazon. An audiobook is made in four basic steps: 1. At current price, 104 shares of AMZN equals $57,408 which puts my total 2016 pay at $130,408. Full-time freelance audiobook editor? the guy I spent most time on a performance improvement plan for was ranked "exceeds expectations" in every criteria three years in a row while I was there, and was given 15%+ raises each of those years. I do not remember the details too much, but it was something like $84K for my first year, after stock and all that nonsense. I had never heard of that. Successful interns get an easier path for converting to full-time than grads who apply cold. It only barely makes up for the difference in salary that you can get from a competitor. I would still look around at MS, Google, etc. I've been at Amazon for a bit over 5 years with 12 years total. I've also recorded and edited my fair share of bad voice actors (for instance, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich narrated his book 'Beyond Outrage' even though he was told that it really wasn't a good idea.). I really want to empathize with your underpaid for level statement, I certainly have a pile of stories, I'm just hesitant to tell them because they're rather identifying to anyone who knows me, so you'll have to trust when I say "A good number of us have gotten the short end of one stick or another, often beurocratic or political". Have received large raises twice, but had to negotiate hard for it, with offers from outside in hand. If this was a real concern, then we ought to see a persistent problem of high unemployment across the countries with long notice periods, but to my knowledge we don't. Finally, the QC'd audio is mastered and encoded for delivery. My initial offer from Google was $150k base, ~15% holiday bonus, and came with >$100k in stock vesting over four years, and they give another four-year stock grant each year. I know people who had a really good experience, and I know people who said it was a shit show. you get offered $100k jobs once a while, mostly in finance. You get stock annually? after I had already gotten a 17% raise. I ended up not accepting that offer because another company gave me a more interesting role. Salaries at Amazon.com Inc range from an average of ₹226,137 to ₹2,889,977 a year. It's not a guarantee. Ironically I got paid more on every single vector (base pay, equity, relocation, sane vesting schedule) from this startup than from Amazon. 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